2 My lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my deliverer,
My shield and the One in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues¹ my people under me. ‡

3 ^aLord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him? ‡

5 ^aBow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
^bTouch the mountains, and they shall smoke. ‡

6 ^aFlash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them. ‡